OT: Looking for a new thing...

[ToxicSlurpee]

dogscoff said:
Since when was boxing american? Boxing was around long before the USA was.

It has? Where did it originate?

I know that fist fighting has been around as long as humans have, but I thought the sport of boxing was American. 'course, if I'm wrong, it wouldn't be the first time.

[Puke]

the Romans participated in the sport of pugilism, and the Greeks before them. In the early days of American boxing, many of the champions were Irish imigrants. so its not very American at all, unless you mean 'roided out heavyweight boxing, which is pretty boring to watch compared to lightweight and welterweight.

anyway, its probably alot older than the greeks. i just cant think of any earlier examples.

[AMF]

And the british used to love to box - it was an organized sport there, which I always assumed to mean that America imported it from the British...

Puke said:
the Romans participated in the sport of pugilism, and the Greeks before them. In the early days of American boxing, many of the champions were Irish imigrants. so its not very American at all, unless you mean 'roided out heavyweight boxing, which is pretty boring to watch compared to lightweight and welterweight.

anyway, its probably alot older than the greeks. i just cant think of any earlier examples.